Improved wash-board



JOHN n. HUBBELL, OF WEST SALEM, OHIO.

Letters Patent No.`99,676, dated February 8, 1870.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

I, JOHN H. HII'BBELL, of West Salem, in the county of Wayne, andState of Ohio, have' invented certain Improvements in Trish-Boards, of which theY fol-` lowing is a specification.

The iirst pai-rt of my invention relates to the manner of forming the frame of' a single piece of timber, The second part relates to the manner of securing the several parts together.

The figure represents a front view of the washboard, with :t portion cut away, to show the relation of the several parts.

A represents the frame, which is formed of :t single' piece oi' suitable timber. The timber is first dressed,

of suitable size1 then grooved, for the reception of the `board C.

Holes are made for the rods D.

The timber is then bent into form'for the frame. The board C is placed within the groove, and the board Baft er having been provided with holes for the rods,

is placed Vbetween the sides of the frame. The rods are passed through, from side'to side, and riveted on washers, in contact with the frame, thus constructing a wash-board which is cheap, durable, and substantial. The Wash-board proper is not iet into thefralne, but is supported by the rods 'and sides of the frame only, and no nail Orother means are used to hold the several parts together,v other than the rods;

vTo the board is attached corrugated plate zinc, for the I'ubbing-surilice'.

What I claim, as my invention, is- The construction and arrangement of the several parts of a ,wash-board, viz, boa-rds C and B, rods D, and frame A, substantially ask described. t

JOHN 'H. HUBBELL;

Witnesses T. W. PEOKINPAUGH, SAUNDERS HUBBELL, Jr. 

